Note 15 — THE HART'S-HORN TREE. A TRADITION OF PENRITH.
Reading edition
Dr. Percy, in a note to the poem, a stanza of which is given below, explains "heart o' grease," or "greece," to mean a fat animal, from the French word graisse.
Reading edition
Dr. Percy, in a note to the poem, a stanza of which is given below, explains "heart o' grease," or "greece," to mean a fat animal, from the French word graisse.